Lives and works in New York City
2019 Teacher Certification: Art (K-12) & Social Studies (U.S. & World History, 5-12)
College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2006 MFA, Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1997 BA, History, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
2021 New York Initial Teaching License, Visual Arts, PK-12
Iowa Initial Teaching License, Art and U.S./World History
EdTPA Passing Score(Pearson Teacher Performance Assessment)
Teacher Leader Certificate UI(6 workshops and 40 hours volunteer work)
2018 Google Educator Certification, Level 1 (expires June 2024)
Dyslexia Training Certificate, Nessy Learning
2017 Mandatory Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Reporter Training Certificate
1996 Studio Art Certificate, Lorenzo de'Medici and the Art Institute of Florence, Italy
2005, 2003, La Cipressaia Workshops
1997, 1996 Montagnana, Italy. Teachers: Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky
2003 South Africa Cultural Exchange
Four week workshop ending with a week-long residency at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town, led by Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky
1999 Teacher Training Workshop
Montagnana, Italy. Teachers: Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky
Selected Exhibitions
Group shows unless otherwise noted
2024 arts4action:Gaza, online auction, international collaborative for social change
2023 Empathy and Alchemy, The Living Room Gallery, (Bushwick) Brooklyn, NY
2021 4th Annual Women in Art - Virtual, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Strokes of Genius, Juror's Choice Award, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Art for Everyone, 2nd ed. (In Textbook) Chemeteka Community College, Salem, OR
2020 Foot in the Door - Virtual, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
2019 CLIMATE (SCENE), Metrospace, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, MI
2018 Ekphrastic 3.0, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Reunion, Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg University, PA
Ekphrastic 2.0, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Art for Everyone, 1st ed. (In Textbook) Chemeteka Community College, Salem, OR
2016 The Staff Show, Cooper Square Gallery, The Cooper Union
2011 Drawing from Reference, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Birds and Bees, Linksoul Lab, Oceanside, CA
Crossing Disciplines: Books, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Everyday in Art Practice, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Monument to a State of Change, Figment, Governor's Island, New York, NY
2009 Older than Jesus, Window installation, Keys that Fit, Oakland, CA
2008 Begin Anywhere, 23HAM, Berkeley, CA
The Water Project, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Presidio, SF
Admirans, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles
9 to 5, Admin Gallery, CCA, San Francisco
Drawings on file, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Through the Eyes of Strangers, Chemeteka Community College Art Gallery, Salem, OR
Intangible Textures, United Space, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
2006 Fitch Gallery Holiday Show, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, SF
Don't
believe everything you think, VIVA-Culinary Institute of Florence, Sebastopol, CA
2005 Fantastic Amnesia,Playspace, California College of the Arts, SF
Home, Gallery Krebsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Confluence, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2004 Palimpsest Alaska Pacific University, solo show, Anchorage
All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AK
2002 Malleable Bunnell Street Gallery, two person show, Homer, AK
New Works, International Gallery of Cont. Art, Anchorage, AK
Small Works, Small Works Gallery, Gordana Bezanov, Florence, Italy
All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AK
2001 La Cipressaia Traveling show, art exchange, Kansas and Maine
Under 30 Inches, Out North juried show, Anchorage, AK
2000 New Visions, Pro Arts Gallery, juried show, Oakland, CA
Multiplicity, Ampersand International, San Francisco, CA
Constellating, Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA
8/2021-present MFA Graduate Student Mentor (virtual and in-person)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN
9/2022-11/2022 Long-Term Substitute Teacher
Urbandale High School, Urbandale Public Schools, IA
1/2021-7/2022 Visual Arts Specialist
LNCS Keewaydin Community School, (Grades 3-8) Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis, MN
Taught in Summer Scholars (Summer School, 6 weeks, PK-4th, Summer 2021)
9/2018-11/2018 Art Educator: Saturday Art Workshops (Volunteer)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Taught 4th and 5th graders for 8 weeks as part of Elementary Art Methods
10/2018 Art Educator: International Day (Volunteer)
University of Iowa, Coralville, IA
Taught middle school kids for a half day creating freedom flags as part of a team
6/2018-7/2018 Continuing Education Instructor
Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, IA
Taught portrait drawing in a 5 week session
to adults
2/2018 - 5/2018 Practicum Experience
Art at Northwest Jr. High, 70 hours, North Liberty, IA
3/2016-3/2017 Assistant to the Dean
The School of Art, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2012-2015 Operations/Resource Manager
Yabu Pushelberg, New York, NY
2010-2011 Acting Assistant to the Chair, Industrial Design
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2007-2010 Program Manager, Graduate Program in Design
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2009 Children's Art Instructor
Young Artist Studio Program (YASP), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Taught art to adolescents as part of a two-week summer session
2006-2007 Web Editor
Stelter Inc., Des Moines, IA
2006 Art Instructor
Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco, CA
Children's classes.
2004-2005 Teaching Artist
Berkeley High School, through the Center for Art and Public Life at CCA
Participant in teaching exhibit: Mapping the Landscape of Learning
Oliver Arts Center, Oakland campus, CCA
2000-2004 Adult Art Instructor
January 2003 to May 2004: Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
Foundation Drawing and Foundation Painting
January 2001 to July 2002: Taught drawing privately. Anchorage, AK
January 2000 to October 2000: Cellspace: taught drawing. San Francisco, CA
2002-2004 Adult Education Tutor
Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility, Eagle River, AK
Tutored incarcerated women in general holding and the mental health ward to pass the
GED & taught drawing classes
2001, 2002 Title I Summer Art Enrichment Instructor
North Star Elementary, Anchorage AK
Taught two summers in the four-week summer school program for homeless youth & youth
in transition, ages 8-12